If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat: Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends on It

by Hugh Hewitt

This is a book about winning elections in an age when security has trumped almost every other issue and the technology of political effectiveness is evolving with lightning quickness. Hewitt offers real-world tactics for individuals who (1) care about the future of the United States and (2) want to work effectively to help elect candidates who will lead the country-on a national or local level-in the right direction. In this book, Hugh Hewitt does more than rehash conservative grievances, preach to the choir, or even preach to the choir plus the undecideds. He aims to change the behavior of the choir, one reader at a time. Hewitt includes material targeted to people of faith when appropriate and appeals to all readers who consider themselves conservative or center-right. The recklessness of our leaders on security and many other crucial issues has never been clearer, and acting in response to that recklessness has never been so urgent. The silly response is anger. The smart response is winning elections .

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, History

259 pages, Hardcover

First published July 12, 2004

Reviews

[Lexxi Kitty · Rating 1 out of 5]

My review of this book: This book bad. The rest is just me rambling.

The first election I voted in, I had just turned the right legal age and it was the first voting chance I got, was a Democrat primary. My grandfather learned of my participation, and was a mix of horrified and outraged. For, you see, the family was Republican. Capital R Republican. He was the head of the family, his word was law (not really, but eh, the son-in-laws were kind of scared of him because he had been a General, and no son-in-law was ever really good enough, and other such stuff). I have no real idea how the rest of the family leaned, but I certain heard about it when my grandfather learned I’d voted in a Democrat primary. My explanation, that got passed on to him, that it was my first chance to vote and it didn’t really mean anything which party it was for, or anything like that, didn’t seem to be much ‘excuse’ in his eyes (it was a state where anyone could vote in any primary, so my voting in a Democrat primary did not require me to be one, nor automatically make me one (though I did receive mailings from that point forward by the local elected Democrat – at least until he left office).

I can’t ever really imagine voting for any Republican, today. For anything really. For a while there, though, I’d vote for whichever candidate seemed closest to me (well, really, sometimes it was ‘does the Republican candidate disgust me? Yes? Well let’s look at the others’, and occasionally there’d be a Republican candidate who seemed weird to be a Republican who I might vote for). Basically, what I’m saying, is that I voted for Republicans, Democrats, and independents for a good long while. Worked on a Republican campaign (was forced to by High School), and an independent’s campaign (that one I chose to work on). So, nominally, I was something of an Independent Republican when this book came out. Though, by 2004, I’m not sure the last time I’d voted for a Republican. Have I ever voted for a Republican? Bah. This was going to be something more along the lines of ‘I was a Republican in 2004, when this book came out and when I read it, so when I rate it the way I did, I rated it back then. This is a bad book. Horrible.’ But, it’s possible I only told people I was a Republican (did I?) for family reasons.

Heh. I remember those non-Republicans I voted for, thinking while doing so ‘see, I also vote for non-Republicans!’, but, for the life of me, I can’t recall if I’ve actually voted for a Republican. I, possibly, voted for Bob Dole (but probably not). I was too young to vote for George Bush the senior; and I didn’t vote for any of the Republicans in the 21st century. At least for President. I think I might have voted for two Republican governors. I think I might have voted for George Allen (his father was coach of the Redskins! And he’s the guy I was forced to work for by my High School), and Jim Gilmore. By the time Mark Warner (D) rolled around, I started voting for the Democrats. Let’s see, at the Senator level, I probably voted for John Warner (R) but did not vote for George Allen (R), or the guy who followed him – Jim Webb (D). Guess I didn’t vote in that election cycle.

Right, so, this book was bad.

March 6 2020

[Larry Killion · Rating 4 out of 5]

If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat. By Hugh Hewitt.

“First of all, this book is dated because it was written in the heat of the 2004 United States Election. But it has some very good information in it, none the less. You should read it for the sake of knowing the basics of modern day politics in America. The basic difference between a D and a R is this: one will get us killed and the other wants to kill those that are trying to kill us. The Culture of Corruption is blatant in D.C. but it is particularly championed by the party that
proclaimed in 2000 that they will do ANYTHING to win. The people have an uphill battle keeping good officials in office when our elections are unfairly tallied due to rigged ballot boxes and intimidation at the poles by leftist thugs, big labor, Community activist organizations, misleading left of center main stream media polls and the likes. Look where the six main political persuasions fall in the two main parties: three in one and three in the other. See them lined up side by side to get the big picture of modern politics.”

[Leigh Anthony]

doesn't matter is you lean right or left - both sides use the tactics described in this book.